California Senate Bill SB1461 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1461INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Glazer FEBRUARY 19, 2016 An act to amend Section 485 of the Penal Code, relating to theft. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1461, as introduced, Glazer. Theft. Existing law provides that a person who finds lost property under circumstances that give the person knowledge of or means of inquiry as to the true owner, and who appropriates the property to his or her own use, or to the use of another person not entitled to the property, without first making reasonable and just efforts to find the owner and to restore the property to the owner, is guilty of theft. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 485 of the Penal Code is amended to read: 485. One who finds lost property under circumstances  which   that  give him  or her  knowledge of or means of inquiry as to the true owner, and who appropriates  such   that  property to his  or her  own use, or to the use of another person not entitled  thereto   to the property  , without first making reasonable and just efforts to find the owner and to restore the property to him  or her  , is guilty of theft.